AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 283, 30 November 1931, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

PLAZA THEATRE. "Hello, Sister" is tlie main attraction of the double-feature programme now screening at the Plaza Theatre. It deals with the hectic life in which a section of modern American youth loves to indulge, and its hatred of conventions, ami morai maxims. The story." concerns tbc escapades .of a society ■ girl, who is brought up with a "round turn" when her grandfather dies and leaves her a million pounds, on condition that she lives a reformed life for eix months. Tin: girl- makes : an attempt, but succumbs to the attentions of a young man who is in love with her, and in so doing loses the fortune. Olive Borden has the. /female lead, and Lloyd Hughes plays opposite her. The other film is a drama entitled "The Brat," starring Sally O'Neill and Alan Dinehart. It is the story of a girl waif who is. befriended by an author, and eventually marries the author's young brother. ■ • STRAND THEATRE. ..... ' The next picture to begin a seasou at the Strand Theatre ■is entitled "I Take This Woman," in which Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard are the stars. It is a tense 'drama of a girl who accepts love carelessly, and then learns through experience how precious it is. Tlie story concerns a wealth-spoiled society girl •who marries a breezy Westerner. Lifn on .the ranch, does not delight her,, but she learne, nevertheless, to love' the man whom she married purely on casual sentiment. The tale finally reveals the girl unable to endure unaccustomed hardships and forced to leave her husband and the ranch for life in New York. The husband follows her, And their meeting in that great city provides a powerful climax. . f .

LITTLE THEATRE SOCIETY. Horace Vachell's gripping- play, "The Case of Lady Camber," will be presented by the Little' Theatre Society in the Town Hall concert chamber on December 2, lasting for a season of four nights?,; Mr. Gaetoji M/ervale, who ia producing the play, his first for the society, will take the male lead. The other players have been speciality selected and trained, so that a performance of the usual M;jh standard expected from the Little Theatre Society's, productions may bo realised. The play is :remarkablc for the fact that there is nothing, in it. that could not, and possibly has not, occurred in the households of all ranks. BOOK-PLATE EXHIBITION. An exhibition of book-plates will bo opened this evening by the Auckland branch of fche Ex Libris Society in the rooms of the Auckland Society of Arts,. Victoria Arcade, and will remain open from noon to 5 p.m. daily until Friday next. More than 200 plates will hi shown, included being some specially fine ones from two Wellington collectors, Mr. Johannes C. Andersen, president of the New Zealand Ex Libris Society, and Mr. Eric Keeves. The rest of the exhibits will come from the collection of Miss Hilda Wiseman, an enthusiastic Auckland collector.

GIRLS' BRASS BAND. For a season, of seven nighte only Arthur Hodgkins and his girls' brass band will appear at His Majesty's Theatre, commencing on Saturday next, December 5. This talented combination recently appeared in the Town Hall and received a remarkably enthusiastic reception. It is the first band of its kind to appear south of the line. The programme to be presented will include a wide range of musical items, including overtures, • medleys, selections, eiul novelties. The girls, with their smart uniforms and gleaming silver instruments, together with an appropriate stage setting, promise to make a stapn presentation with a large appeal to theatregoers. The band (comprising 4~> members) will be. supported, by- selected variety items by artists of international reputation headed by Elton Black, .i Scotch comedian, who has appeared with much success in England, South Africa, Australia and the East. MUNICIPAL BAND. The Auckland Municipal Band, under the baton of Mr. G. Buckley, gave a very enjoyable performance at.the Zoological Park yesterday afternoon before a large gathering. The band will give the' first ■of its open-air evening performances in Albert Park on Sunday. LECTURE ON ENGLAND. Mr. E. Headlam Greenhow gave a very interesting illustrated lecture on'"England, the Dear Homeland," to a lai'jio and appreciative audience at the Plaza Theatre last night. The subject for -Mr. Greenhow's lecture next Sunday will he "The Panama Canal." .